Thursday, December 06, 2007
the Sins of the Stomache... - Thursday, December 6 2007
pretty sure it's been a record time since my last post, but i've just been so lazy...and too many things happening to take in and contemplate all at once...so yeah. but that's not what i'm talking about right now. all of you who are hoping for a lengthy, detailed/interesting update about crazy kids and other adventures of mine here in Moriguchi...sorry. all i'm jotting down here is a sort of "milestone" (at least i think it is).
let me get to the point...
i can't remember the last time i ate a chip. no, not fries (for any of you British folks), the baked/crispy/flakey potato snacks that come in vacuum-sealed plastic bags. yeah, those things. Doritos, Lays, Old Dutch, Miss Vickie's, Pringles, etc...
now i'm not a health freak, i've just always tried to eat sensibly while allowing myself (very) occasional junkfood binge. well, there's no shortage of junkfood here in Japan, but i haven't been able to find a lot of chips/snack foods readily available all the time. that's probably half the reason why we eat them as often as we do anyway; just b/c they're "there". right in front of the cash register at the supermarket, in a handy vending machine outside the office, etc.
i probably haven't eaten a bag of chips for a good 6 months, just b/c they're just not anywhere that catches my eye when i go grocery shopping, they're stashed away in some middle aisle on the bottom shelf or something. but TODAY...oh something in my tummy just craved for the crispy, savory taste of some chips. and i caved.
i bought 2 bags.
mmmm, they're not as good as chips in Canada i think, not as crunchy, but they'll do for now...
itadakimasu!
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pretty sure it's been a record time since my last post, but i've just been so lazy...and too many things happening to take in and contemplate all at once...so yeah. but that's not what i'm talking about right now. all of you who are hoping for a lengthy, detailed/interesting update about crazy kids and other adventures of mine here in Moriguchi...sorry. all i'm jotting down here is a sort of "milestone" (at least i think it is).
let me get to the point...
i can't remember the last time i ate a chip. no, not fries (for any of you British folks), the baked/crispy/flakey potato snacks that come in vacuum-sealed plastic bags. yeah, those things. Doritos, Lays, Old Dutch, Miss Vickie's, Pringles, etc...
now i'm not a health freak, i've just always tried to eat sensibly while allowing myself (very) occasional junkfood binge. well, there's no shortage of junkfood here in Japan, but i haven't been able to find a lot of chips/snack foods readily available all the time. that's probably half the reason why we eat them as often as we do anyway; just b/c they're "there". right in front of the cash register at the supermarket, in a handy vending machine outside the office, etc.
i probably haven't eaten a bag of chips for a good 6 months, just b/c they're just not anywhere that catches my eye when i go grocery shopping, they're stashed away in some middle aisle on the bottom shelf or something. but TODAY...oh something in my tummy just craved for the crispy, savory taste of some chips. and i caved.
i bought 2 bags.
mmmm, they're not as good as chips in Canada i think, not as crunchy, but they'll do for now...
itadakimasu!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
still kickin'...Wednesday, August 15 2007
wow, over a month since my last post eh? seems i've almost given up on this place...haha, almost. so many thoughts, changes, reflections, good things, not-so-good things (but thankfully no "bad" things, at least i think not...), episodes, quirky stories...blablabla...i must be really getting old. or, just lazy.
let's see what i can remember from the past little while:
BK came to visit (first time we've chilled in a bloody decade!) that was cool, BQ came to visit not long after that, then i took off to Vietnam to meet Bert. saw Saigon, Dalat, Nha Trang, Da Nang, and Hoi An before coming "home" for 1 more week of school to end off 4 months "enlightening" minds at Daiyon JHS. my goodbye speech went fairly well i think...my final words were something like "study hard, but don't forget to take time to have fun; eat meat, and don't forget to eat bananas!"
mom came to visit just after that ended too; good time to catch up, took a nice little trip to Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and Miyajima too. what else...welcomed to 2 new Aussie JETs to our "hood". they'll love this place in no time i'm sure. oh right, and i just went to this little concert on Sunday...a little gig they have every year in Osaka known as Summer Sonic. my line-up: Gym Class Heroes, 30 Seconds to Mars, Gwen Stefani, Avril Lavigne, Goo Goo Dolls, Ellegarden, Travis.
uhh...i'd put more pics up but i'm lazy. this is all you'll get for now:
Me: dammit! knew i should've brought Yurika...(Miyajima - August 2007)
p.s. Yurika's my guitar.
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wow, over a month since my last post eh? seems i've almost given up on this place...haha, almost. so many thoughts, changes, reflections, good things, not-so-good things (but thankfully no "bad" things, at least i think not...), episodes, quirky stories...blablabla...i must be really getting old. or, just lazy.
let's see what i can remember from the past little while:
BK came to visit (first time we've chilled in a bloody decade!) that was cool, BQ came to visit not long after that, then i took off to Vietnam to meet Bert. saw Saigon, Dalat, Nha Trang, Da Nang, and Hoi An before coming "home" for 1 more week of school to end off 4 months "enlightening" minds at Daiyon JHS. my goodbye speech went fairly well i think...my final words were something like "study hard, but don't forget to take time to have fun; eat meat, and don't forget to eat bananas!"
mom came to visit just after that ended too; good time to catch up, took a nice little trip to Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and Miyajima too. what else...welcomed to 2 new Aussie JETs to our "hood". they'll love this place in no time i'm sure. oh right, and i just went to this little concert on Sunday...a little gig they have every year in Osaka known as Summer Sonic. my line-up: Gym Class Heroes, 30 Seconds to Mars, Gwen Stefani, Avril Lavigne, Goo Goo Dolls, Ellegarden, Travis.
uhh...i'd put more pics up but i'm lazy. this is all you'll get for now:
Me: dammit! knew i should've brought Yurika...(Miyajima - August 2007)
p.s. Yurika's my guitar.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
take a break...Wednesday, June 13 2007
i was drinking some cold tea in the staff room this afternoon when i looked out the window onto the sidewalk; i saw a little girl riding, "teetering" along the sidewalk while her mother (presumably) walked along behind her pushing her own separate unicycle.
yes, that's right.
unicycle.
what kind of whacky town is this anyway? where you have grown men dressed up as watermelon, and kids riding unicycles through the streets?!
i like this place.
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i was drinking some cold tea in the staff room this afternoon when i looked out the window onto the sidewalk; i saw a little girl riding, "teetering" along the sidewalk while her mother (presumably) walked along behind her pushing her own separate unicycle.
yes, that's right.
unicycle.
what kind of whacky town is this anyway? where you have grown men dressed up as watermelon, and kids riding unicycles through the streets?!
i like this place.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
the funny thing about Japan... - Saturday, May 19 2007
sometimes, it's best to just not ask questions and accept the fact that you'll never quite understand why people here do the things that they do:
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sometimes, it's best to just not ask questions and accept the fact that you'll never quite understand why people here do the things that they do:
